One scenario would be to gum up the market during a volatile time - eg to retain "value" while investors are panicking. But I would lean towards the halts bein

One scenario would be to gum up the market during a volatile time - eg to retain "value" while investors are panicking. But I would lean towards the halts being an unintentional (as in: not well thought through) consequences of all the layers of regulation and counter-regulation.